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Theme Park Attractions In Giltbrook

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Escape Play Centre

Giltbrook Retail Park

Old Trafford

Alton Towers

National Coal Mining Museum for England

National Memorial Arboretum

Trentham Gardens

Drayton Manor Park

Giltbrook is a village in England situated approximately 6 miles northwest of Nottingham and within close reach of junction 26 of the M1 motorway. It is part of Greasley ward, which had a population of 6,076 in 2001, increasing to 6,233 at the 2011 Census.The name Giltbrook is believed to come from the old English name Gylden Broc, which means golden stream, or brook. This relates to the brook that runs from the fields to the north of IKEA, and then continues under Nottingham Road at Giltbrook, and under the IKEA entrance, finally flowing into the River Erewash. Notable events include Giltbrook being the end point of the Pentrich rising where a small f...
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Theme Park Attractions In Giltbrook

1. Alton Towers Alton
Alton Towers Resort, often shortened to Alton Towers, is a theme park resort located in Staffordshire, England. It is near the village of Alton, in the parishes of Denstone and Farley. The resort, which is operated by Merlin Entertainments Group, incorporates a theme park, water park, spa, mini golf and hotel complex. Originally a private estate, Alton Towers grounds opened to the public in 1860 to raise funds for the estate. In the late 20th century it was transformed into a theme park and opened a number of new rides from 1980 onwards. In 2017 it was the second most visited theme park in the UK after Legoland Windsor.The park operates a total of ten roller coasters, among a range of major attractions, such as the Runaway Mine Train, Congo River Rapids, Nemesis, Oblivion, Hex, Galactica, ...
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2. Drayton Manor Park Tamworth
Drayton Manor is a theme park resort and zoo in the grounds of the former Drayton Manor, in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England, UK. The park covers 280 acres of which about 113 acres are in use, and hosts about 1.5 million people each year. Rides at the park include The Shockwave, Europe's only stand up coaster, and Apocalypse, a five-sided drop tower. The park's maximum daily capacity is 15,000 guests, which is set with guest experience and traffic congestion in mind. It is the fourth largest amusement park in the UK by land area at 110 hectacres.
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Giltbrook Videos

Derby streets by Car pt 10, More Chaddesden

Andy's Driving videos around Derby, Derbyshire, UK :
Are you an ex-pat of Derby, feeling homesick? Or perhaps you just want a clear way of giving someone directions to a location in Derby or just want to show people your Derby Street. Well in this video and the many others I have made, you will be able to take a virtual drive around the city of Derby's streets as though you were in the driving seat. I use a dash-mounted camera, Traffic lights and heavy traffic have been edited out.

Derby Streets featured in this collection..

All in Chaddesden, Derby
00:00 Matlock Road
00:07 Wood Road all the way down to Chaddesden Lane
00:45 The Spinning Wheel pub on the left side
01:15 Chaddesden Lane
01:18 Wilmot Arms pub in center of view.
01:38 Church Lane
01:46 St Marys, Chaddesden Parish church.
01:58 Chaddesden Lane
02:14 Wilmot Arms pub on right side
02:18 Morley Road
02:19 DAT Wilmot Service Station
02:58 Oakwood border.

02:59 Meadow Lane to the far end.
03:42 Chaddesden Lane junction with Nottingham Road
03:46 Nottingham Road
04:39 Beaufort Street
05:54 Hamshire Road
05:59 Old Mansfield Road
06:41 Mansfield Road (A608)
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This is the tenth video in this series. Why not start with the original video and watch them all one by one...

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Derby streets by Car pt 20 Spondon pt 2

Andy's Driving videos around Derby, Derbyshire, UK :
Are you an ex-pat of Derby, feeling homesick? Or perhaps you just want a clear way of giving someone directions to a location in Derby or just want to show people your Derby Street. Well in this video and the many others I have made, you will be able to take a virtual drive around the city of Derby's streets as though you were in the driving seat. I use a dash-mounted camera, Traffic lights and heavy traffic have been edited out.

Derby Streets featured in this collection..

Starting in Spondon area of Derby...

00:00 Facing The Swan pub on Moor Street
00:19 Moor Street becomes Dale Road
01:00 Left into Pheasant Field Drive
01:08 Huntley Avenue all the way around
01:56 Right onto Dale Road
01:59 Left onto Sandringham Drive
02:43 Left onto Stoney Lane
02:52 Right into Ladybower Road
03:10 Becomes Gravel Pit Lane
03:39 Left onto Stoney Lane
03:54 Left onto Moor Street
04:12 Right at island onto Chapel Street
04:31 END
This journey continues in the next Spondon video :

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This is the Twentieth video in this series. Why not start with the original video and watch them all one by one...

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My Spondon page :

If you want more infomation on Spondon then there is a great website dedicated to the village :

Breaston, Draycott ,Derbyshire by car in HD August 2009. Derbyshire villages series in HD.

Explore beautiful Derbyshire by car in my collection of High Definition driving videos.
This video was recorded on Monday 31st August at 1244 and is a drive through the Derbyshire villages of Breaston and Draycott. The trip starts in Long Eaton and ends in Borrowash.

If you want to see more details then please click on the HD button so it turns red, then click the fullscreen icon. (you will need a fast pc and fast broadband connection to cope with it!).

Andy's Driving videos around Derbyshire, UK :
Are you an ex-pat of Derbyshire, feeling homesick? Or perhaps you just want a clear way of giving someone directions to a location in Derbyshire or just want to show people your village. Well in this video and the many others I have made, you will be able to take a virtual drive around the streets as though you were in the driving seat. I use a dash-mounted camera, Traffic lights and heavy traffic have been edited out.

*** This video not real time its approx X2 speed ***

Points of Interest:
0:00 Starting on Derby Road at the island in Long Eaton.
0:16 Going over the M1 motorway.
0:24 Breaston village, Derbyshire.
0:35 On left is a speed warning sign that flashes at you if you do over 30MPH (So I've been told!)
1:11 St. Michael's church on the left
1:20 Draycott Road
1:56 Going over the Railway Line
1:59 Draycott, Derbyshire
2:10 Victoria Mills on right. See 3rd image down on my Then and now page :
2:19 Coach and Horses pub on left.
2:27 Left here if you want to visit Church Milne and St Chads water.
3:01 Going over Railway Line
3:09 Going over the former Derby Canal -
3:23 ** Audio encoding glitch caused by Youtube:)
3:28 Borrowash, Derbyshire
3:51 Nottingham Road

Music Credits :
Snowflake - Gloria (angel mix with DoKashiteru)

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Andy

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